# Finish my sentence, and start a new one!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 30, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050 "2018-06-30T16:06:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/782 "2018-09-25T05:19:47Z")

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… Clauses 39 and 40, since they’re the only ones that really matter nowadays.

But when it comes to important historical documents …

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/783 "2018-09-25T14:04:29Z")

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my advice is not to eat a pastrami on rye with extra Russian dressing while you’re looking them over.

My favorite sandwich, though, is…

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/784 "2018-09-25T15:59:22Z")

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the Duke of Earl Sandwich. It has a good beef and you can lettuce dance to it.

My favorite sundae is…

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/785 "2018-09-26T04:05:27Z")

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… the one that will never be the same.

So we were musically told in the 1960s, when …

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/786 "2018-09-26T04:06:45Z")

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…hippies roamed the planet, that…

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/787 "2018-09-26T13:56:31Z")

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… we’ll wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves.

Then Disco came and …

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/788 "2018-09-27T02:23:30Z")

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ruined everything, basically.

But then along came MTV, and…

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/789 "2018-09-27T05:09:38Z")

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I died.

At my funeral, the music\_\_\_\_.

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/790 "2018-09-27T05:33:08Z")

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…better be the limbo as I get lowered into the ground.

The chicken dance, however…

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/791 "2018-09-27T06:33:46Z")

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… will absolutely not be played.

Because, as we all recall …

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/792 "2018-09-27T06:38:59Z")

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…The Great Chicken Dance Fiasco back in…

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/793 "2018-09-27T07:33:12Z")

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… 2010 ended up with a lot of broken bones.

And unlike chicken bones, these …

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/794 "2018-09-27T07:55:34Z")

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…were dinosaur bones.

Most of the damage occurred when…

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/795 "2018-09-27T10:42:52Z")

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… Tyrannosaurus Best took on Tricera-Bops in the Battle of the Monster 'Saurs!

Godzilla was pissed, because …

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/796 "2018-09-27T22:28:28Z")

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he’d planned to go to the Hamptons for the weekend.

Fortunately, when the Army moved in, …

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/797 "2018-09-28T00:41:19Z")

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they all brought their own cups and bongs. If they hadn’t, the mayor would have…

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/798 "2018-09-28T04:03:05Z")

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Denied them entry.  
So, I called the law on\_\_\_\_\_.

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/799 "2018-09-28T04:24:43Z")

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…those that were fighting the law.

Breaking rocks in the hot sun,…

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/800 "2018-09-28T05:07:10Z")

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I got such a good tan.

When I was released I\_\_\_\_\_.

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/801 "2018-09-29T00:11:56Z")

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decided I needed to clean up my act.

So, I took a bubble bath and

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